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*Volunteer Opportunities* Trail clean-up & maintenance Fence construction Bridge construction Kiosk construction Landscape architecture & engineering Habitat assessment Wetlands & waterway rescue Planting & care of native plants Gardening Website development Research & publication Public relations & fundraising Trail guides & story tellers	*UPCOMING EVENTS* BETTON HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARBOR DAY EVENT: TREE PLANTING ON THE GREENWAY HOLDING POND BEHIND THOMASVILLE TRACE JANUARY 27, 2007 The Betton Hills Neighborhood Association will be planting five trees, live oaks and cedars, near the holding pond at the north end of the park. This will not only increase privacy for adjacent landowners it will also reintroduce native species to our urban wilderness! TROOP WORKDAY: GPS MAPPING OF PARK FEATURES BETTON HILLS NATURE CENTER & TRAILS FEBRAURY 4, 2007 Boy Scout Troop 105 will be taught how to map trees and other park features by Susan Tanski of Tallahassee's Parks & Recreation Department. Trees, bridges, trail entrances, etc. will be identified and mapped in GPS format so that the BHNC&T can include the data in our trail maps.
	VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES The Betton Hills Nature Center has already hosted many volunteer activities. From clearing trails to laying mulch, Boy Scout Troop 105 is helping to make the Betton Hills Nature Center become a reality. RECENT EVENTS TROOP WORK DAY: TRASH PICK-UP SOUTH END OF THE GREENWAY BEHIND CIRCLE K OCTOBER 29, 2006 The boy scouts picked up over 50 bags of trash from behind SunTrust, Circle K and the alley way. So much trash was picked up; this part of the park looks wonderful! TROOP WORK DAY: LAID MULCH ON TRAIL BETTON HILLS NATURE CENTER & TRAILS DECEMBER 3, 2006 The City of Tallahassee has donated many mounds of mulch and the Boy Scouts have laid it on all the trails in the park. This has hugely increased trail accessibility.

	Many invasives need to be removed.	Trees and other park features will be mapped in GPS format.
	The Betton Hills Neighborhood Association donated and planted five trees.